What are Suburbs?

2nd Grade30 minutes2.1b Suburban communities are on the outskirts of cities, where human population is less dense, and buildings and homes are spaced farther apart.

Learning Objective

I can identify characteristics of suburban communities.

Key Concepts

An urban community is large and highly populated, with many tall buildings and busy streets.

A suburban community is located near a city but is less populated than an urban community.

A rural community has very few people and buildings and mainly consists of farmland.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Which of these is a characteristic of a suburban community?

2. Name two things you might find in a suburban community.

3. How is a suburban community different from an urban community?

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